Having arrived at Cumberfandom about 4 years late, I have only just now seen Third Star. The film affected me deeply and I agreed to write this piece as a sort of therapy exercise. I admit at the outset that I have no grand conclusions to draw, only appreciate the opportunity to describe what I […]
In what seems a repeat of a work ethic that brought him worldwide attention, commercial success and critical acclaim, Benedict Cumberbatch’s name was added to another movie project scheduled for 2015 release, hot on the heels of the “The Yellow Birds” cast announcement.
During my recent mission to acquaint myself with Benedict Cumberbatch’s impressive back catalogue of works, there have been two that have caused me a little anxiety, requiring a period of mental preparation before I could watch what I knew would be breath-taking performances about difficult subject matter. Third Star tells the heart-breaking story of James, […]
For those that missed the BBC Chelsea Flower Show 2014 segement containing Benedict Cumberbatch and his mother Wanda Ventham–never fear– According to Benedict website is here.
Benedict Cumberbatch, chocolate and pedophilia are definitely something that DO NOT belong in the same sentence and instead sounds like something ‘The Daily Mail’ would string together to become some topsy turvy media sensation. As much as I would like to say that the above words are just a string of fancy words that I […]
After looking at the various elements of the Enigma machine in Chapter 4 Part 1, we will now go into a bit more detail on how the 26 letters are linked in 13 letter pairs through electrical circuits. Grasping this aspect will make it easier to understand the concept behind the Bombe, the codebreaking machine […]
Elements of the Enigma Machine A simplified circuit diagram of an Enigma machine (Figure 1) with 4 of the 26 keys and indicator lamps shows the principle of how the various elements are connected to each other. If no key is pressed, there is no closed circuit, electricity cannot flow, and the lamps remain dark. […]
ENIGMA Chapter 1 – Historical Background ENIGMA Chapter 2 – The Invention of the Enigma Machine The Enigma machine is a polyalphabetic substitution cipher machine. This post will provide a little background information on the differences between monoalphabetic and polyalphabetic substitution ciphers and on the specific characteristics of cipher alphabets created by an Enigma machine. […]
Over the weekend at Oz Comic-Con in Adelaide, Australia, actor (and book aficionado) Benedict Cumberbatch was quoted as saying that “prisoners should be given books,” encouraging the audience to “send books to prisoners.” While Americans (like me) may have first thought their favourite TV detective was just being considerate of those serving time […]
Ok, Ready? Visualise it. Slight choir noise, clouds part, blue sky, writing appears… You guessed it! The Simpsons! The story of Benedict basically squeezing himself into an episode is a brilliant one, nicely summed up in this quote from an interview with executive producer Al Jean: “Oh my God yes, he’s really funny. He came […]
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